www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Khalid Shaikh Mohammedhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/khalid-shaikh-mohammed/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Khalid Shaikh Mohammeden-usWed, 17 Oct 2012 17:49:04 -0400Accused 9/11 plotter rants at Guantanamo courthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/17/accused-911-plotter-rants-at-guantanamo-court/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba &mdash; The accused mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, appeared Wednesday in a camouflage vest and railed against the U.S. government at the military tribunal where he is being prosecuted.</p> <p>"When the government feels sad for the killing of 3,000 on Sept. ...Kristina WongWed, 17 Oct 2012 17:49:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/oct/17/accused-911-plotter-rants-at-guantanamo-court/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS'Resistance' by Gitmo defendants points to lengthy battlehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/6/resistance-by-gitmo-defendants-points-to-lengthy-b/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba &mdash; The United States has finally begun prosecuting five prisoners here charged in the Sept. 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people; but the trial will not be starting anytime soon, and both sides said Sunday that the case could continue for years.</p> <p>Defense lawyer ...Ben Fox Sun, 06 May 2012 17:20:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/may/6/resistance-by-gitmo-defendants-points-to-lengthy-b/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS9/11 conspirators' military trial nears as charges refiledhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/4/official-charges-announced-911-co-conspirators/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Pentagon on Wednesday announced formal charges against the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and four co-conspirators and called for a joint military trial that could result in the death penalty for all five men.</p> <p>Wednesday's announcement actually marked the refiling of charges against ...Kristina WongWed, 04 Apr 2012 13:54:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/4/official-charges-announced-911-co-conspirators/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSMethodical approach slows start of Mohammed trialhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/9/judges-careful-approach-slows-pace-mohammed-trial/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The military officer overseeing the prosecution of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is taking a go-slow approach that would bring the confessed Sept. 11 mastermind to trial months, or perhaps years, from now.</p> <p>It was seven years ago when the CIA in Pakistan captured Mohammed and eventually turned him over to U.S. ...Rowan ScarboroughFri, 09 Sep 2011 15:37:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/9/judges-careful-approach-slows-pace-mohammed-trial/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSMilitary reinstates charges for 9/11 terrorists http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/31/military-reinstates-charges-for-911-terrorists/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Pentagon announced Tuesday that military prosecutors have reinstated charges against Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others for their role in plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.</p> <p>The new charges strongly suggest that for the foreseeable future the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba will ...Eli Lake THE WASHINGTON TIMESTue, 31 May 2011 19:13:07 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/31/military-reinstates-charges-for-911-terrorists/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRepublicans note harsh interrogation helped bin Laden operationhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/3/gop-notes-harsh-interrogation-helped-bin-laden-ope/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The debate over the use of harsh interrogation techniques during the Bush administration is being rekindled by the successful operation against Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan, which was based on information about the courier extracted from detained terror suspects.</p> <p>Rep. Peter T. King, chairman of the House Homeland Security ...Bill GertzTue, 03 May 2011 15:41:03 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/3/gop-notes-harsh-interrogation-helped-bin-laden-ope/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSDebate flares anew on harsh interrogationhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/3/debate-flares-anew-on-harsh-interrogation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The successful operation against Osama bin Laden has rekindled debate over the use of harsh interrogation techniques during the Bush administration, as a key intelligence leader acknowledged their role in a TV interview Tuesday.</p> <p>CIA Director Leon E. Panetta said some threads of intelligence among the multiple origins came through ...Bill GertzTue, 03 May 2011 20:17:08 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/3/debate-flares-anew-on-harsh-interrogation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSEDITORIAL: Obama caves on terror trialshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/5/obama-caves-on-terror-trials/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.'s 13-minute rant on abandoning plans for a civilian criminal trial for Sept. 11 attack mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) had the distinct tone of a sore loser. Mr. Holder's failure to sell his vision of giving international terrorists the full constitutional rights enjoyed by ...THE WASHINGTON TIMESTue, 05 Apr 2011 18:39:11 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/5/obama-caves-on-terror-trials/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHolder drops civilian trials for suspects in 9/11 attackshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/4/holder-sept-11-suspects-face-military-tribunal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Backpedaling from its vow to try the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four cohorts in civilian court, the Obama administration Monday bowed to pressure and opted for a military tribunal - another blow to the president's three-year bid to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.<br /><br ...Jerry SeperMon, 04 Apr 2011 15:56:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/4/holder-sept-11-suspects-face-military-tribunal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHolder: 9/11 suspects to face military tribunal http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/4/source-911-suspects-face-military-tribunal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<div> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Yielding to political opposition, Attorney General Eric H. <span>Holder Jr.</span> announced Monday that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged henchmen will be referred to the system of military commissions for trial rather than to a civilian federal court in New York.</p> <p>The families of ...Pete YostMon, 04 Apr 2011 12:22:33 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/4/source-911-suspects-face-military-tribunal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSProbe uncovers problems in Pearl casehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/20/probe-uncovers-problems-in-pearl-case/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Pakistani authorities "knowingly used perjured testimony" and failed to pursue other leads in convicting four men of the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, according to a report based on a 3&frac12;-year probe of the case.</p> <p>According to the Pearl Project, an investigation by U.S. journalists and ...Ashish Kumar SenThu, 20 Jan 2011 19:00:13 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/20/probe-uncovers-problems-in-pearl-case/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHolder slams ban on Guantanamo detainee transfershttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/9/holder-slams-ban-on-guantanamo-detainee-transfers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Thursday said congressional efforts to prohibit the transfer of detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to the United States for any purpose, including to stand trial, "would unwisely restrict" the government's ability to prosecute terrorism suspects.</p> <p>At a news conference and in separate letters ...Jerry SeperThu, 09 Dec 2010 20:27:12 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/9/holder-slams-ban-on-guantanamo-detainee-transfers/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSKNIGHT: Stuck on Bushhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/17/stuck-on-bush/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The campaign to criminalize America's response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks continues apace. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling on the Justice Department to investigate George W. Bush over his just-released memoir, "Decision Points," in which the former president says he ordered al Qaeda suspects waterboarded ...Robert Knight Wed, 17 Nov 2010 17:31:12 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/17/stuck-on-bush/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPolitical Scenehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/11/political-scene-426676693/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>NEW YORK</strong></p> <p><strong>Gov.-elect Cuomo opposes N.Y. trial</strong></p> <p>NEW YORK | New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo says he's against trying the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in his state.</p> <p>The Democrat addressed the matter for the first time in an interview with radio host John Gambling on Thursday, ...wire dispatches and staff reportsThu, 11 Nov 2010 19:26:12 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/nov/11/political-scene-426676693/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGORDON: What would 9/11 architect say?http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/18/what-would-911-architect-say/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>As President Obama weighed in to support the Ground Zero mosque during a White House dinner celebrating the Islamic holy month of Ramadan on Friday, one can only imagine what Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, must be saying at Guantanamo.</p> <p>After ...J.D. Gordon Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:17:05 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/18/what-would-911-architect-say/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNew al Qaeda chief lived in U.S. for yearshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/8/new-al-qaeda-chief-lived-in-us-for-years/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><strong>MIAMI</strong> | A suspected al Qaeda operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks.</p> <p>Adnan ...Curt AndersonSun, 08 Aug 2010 20:46:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/8/new-al-qaeda-chief-lived-in-us-for-years/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSNew al Qaeda leader lived 15 years in U.S.http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/6/new-al-qaeda-leader-lived-15-years-us/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>MIAMI (AP) &mdash; A suspected al Qaeda operative who lived for more than 15 years in the U.S. has become chief of the terror network's global operations, the FBI says, marking the first time a leader so intimately familiar with American society has been placed in charge of planning attacks.</p> ...Curt AndersonFri, 06 Aug 2010 09:20:28 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/6/new-al-qaeda-leader-lived-15-years-us/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHolder unsure about death penalty for terrorist cases in military courthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/11/holder-unsure-about-death-penalty-for-terrorist-ca/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Sunday there's a real question about whether a terrorist suspect such as self-professed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can face the death penalty if he were to plead guilty before a military commission.</p> <p>Mr. Holder proposed last year trying Mohammed and four ...Pete YostSun, 11 Jul 2010 18:53:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/11/holder-unsure-about-death-penalty-for-terrorist-ca/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHolder: Bin Laden capture seen unlikelyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/17/bin-laden-capture-seen-unlikely/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. predicted Tuesday Osama bin Laden will never face justice in an American courthouse because he will never be taken alive by U.S. troops. </p> <p> "We will be reading Miranda rights to a corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in ...Stephen DinanWed, 17 Mar 2010 04:00:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/17/bin-laden-capture-seen-unlikely/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSPearl's widow sues terroristshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/19/pearls-widow-sues-terrorists-79434682/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p> NEW YORK (AP) &#8212; The widow of Daniel Pearl has sued more than a dozen reputed terrorists and Pakistan's largest bank, blaming them for the torture and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter in 2002. </p> <p> A complaint filed yesterday in Brooklyn federal court by Mariane Pearl ...Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jul/19/pearls-widow-sues-terrorists-79434682/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS